Synopsis:“When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is blank. But he’s not alone. When the lift’s doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade—a large, open expanse surrounded by stone walls.

Just like Thomas, the Gladers don’t know why or how they got to the Glade. All they know is that every morning the stone doors to the maze that surrounds them have opened. Every night they’ve closed tight. And every 30 days a new boy has been delivered in the lift.

Thomas was expected. But the next day, a girl is sent up—the first girl to ever arrive in the Glade. And more surprising yet is the message she delivers.

Thomas might be more important than he could ever guess. If only he could unlock the dark secrets buried within his mind.” (Taken from Goodreads)

Let me start off by letting everyone know that I don’t read a lot of sci-fi novels. I watch sci-fi movies, but when I choose a book to read, I lean towards the Young-Adult selections because they don’t really require a lot of brain power. When I read, I prefer to just spent my time relaxing.

But ever since I got my kindle (yes I love the thing and I will mention it as much as I want), I’ve been finding a lot of unique stories that I’ve never stumbled across before – and actually giving them a try. Following UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn, I read a novella called Ashes to Ashes and Cinder to Cinder by Cameron Jace. It was … meh, to put it politely. If it hadn’t been a novella, I wouldn’t have finished it in the first place. But the main point was, I had read one good unique find and one not so good find – at least they were both free for download on Amazon.com.

When choosing the next thing to read (yes, the kindle still hasn’t lost its novelty yet), I was a little iffy in attempting to read another YA fairytale retelling, especially after AACC. So I decided to be a little adventurous and read a sci-fi instead. And boy oh boy was it a good decision!

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